A fee-charging school,[6] it is administered by a Board of Governors as a charitable trust.

[8] In March 2021 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, twenty teachers from the St. Gerard's Primary and Secondary School received vaccinations from the Beacon Hospital.

The head of the Irish Health Service and the Minister for Justice expressed "frustration" at the actions of the Beacon Hospital which violated policies regarding the use of surplus vaccines.

[9] Micheál Martin, Ireland's Taoiseach, labelled the hospital's actions "repugnant".

[10] The Irish Times noted that the children of the chief executive of the Beacon Hospital attend St.